Oh, I certainly do extensive tagging as well. I just like to have a folder structure as well as an organizational backup.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:44 PM, David Parsons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> ... When I import pictures, LR >> puts the files on my HDD by date and I process and tag them. After >> I've got them how I like them, I move them (inside LR) to different >> folders based on subject matter. I do this because that's how I like >> to do it. > > Another way to get a similar effect is to tag them with standardized > subject keywords and use Smart Collections to organize them by subject > inside Lightroom. They stay where they were put during the import > process, but you can browse them by subject this way. They can also be > in multiple subject categories this way ... say you have one category > which is Portrait and another which is Landscape. If you have a very > nice environmental portrait of a friend which also happens to be in a > wonderful Landscape setting, you can keyword the image with both and > it will be browseable in both contexts in the category-based smart > collections. You can't do that without duplicating files in the file > system, which is why it's an advantageous way to use the LR features. > > Lightroom is very flexible when it comes to how you organize your > work, both with regard to the file system and its internal tools. The > key is to understand how those things can work and use them according > to a consistent policy that suits your needs. :-) > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
